Kenneth branagh

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poster Hamlet/Horatio

Hamlet/Horatio

In a modern retelling of Shakespeare's masterpiece, Horatio takes center stage as he fulfills his dying promise to Hamlet by directing the story of his beloved friend's tragic sacrifice. On an empty sound…

poster Smilin' Through

Smilin' Through

96mn - Romance, Drama

The story is essentially the same as the popular Jane Cowl play, with Talmadge in the dual role of Kathleen and Moonyean. Kathleen, a young Irish woman, is in love with Kenneth Wayne but is prevented from…

Hamlet

Hamlet is a 1913 British silent drama film directed by Hay Plumb and starring Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Gertrude Elliot and Walter Ringham.

poster King Lear

King Lear

Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic King Lear.

poster King Lear

King Lear

Silent adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear

poster Nathan der Weise

Nathan der Weise

128mn - Drama, History

Silent movie adaptation of Lessing's play. Set in Jerusalem during the Third Crusade, it describes how the wise Jewish merchant Nathan, the enlightened sultan Saladin and the (initially anonymous) Templar…

poster Robin and Marian

Robin and Marian

106mn - Action, Adventure, Drama

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

poster The Musgrave Ritual

The Musgrave Ritual

18mn - Mystery, Crime

Reginald Musgrave’s maître d’hôtel has disappeared! Called to the rescue, Sherlock Holmes goes immediately to his friend, to inspect the premises. He finds a stolen jewel in the new maître d’hôtel’s jacke…

poster When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower

121mn - Drama, Romance

Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to th…

poster St. Urbain's Horseman

St. Urbain's Horseman

Based on the novel by Mordechai Richler - Winner of the 1971 Governor General's Award - this is the story of Jake, a film director of modest success and a man in disgrace. His alter ego, his cousin Joey -…

poster Thora van Deken

Thora van Deken

Film based on danish author Henrik Pontoppidan's novel Lille Rødhaette.

poster Joan the Woman

Joan the Woman

138mn - History, Drama, Adventure

A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.

poster The Knight of Black Art

The Knight of Black Art

Magic tricks in a medieval setting.

poster The Imperceptible Transmutations

The Imperceptible Transmutations

This shows a prince entering upon the stage of the King's private theatre. He is about to do a few mystifying tricks for the amusement of the court.

poster Command Performance

Command Performance

84mn - Music, Drama

When stage fright threatens his legendary career, "The Street Singer" abandons fame and fortune to find solace among a traveling gypsy camp, where he discovers that love doesn't require an audience. A cel…

Häxan

95mn - Documentary, Horror, History

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle…

poster By the Cross

By the Cross

49mn - Drama, History

A costume drama from Roman times. Three out of the original six reels survive.

poster Among Those Present

Among Those Present

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Ivanhoe

53mn - Adventure, Drama, Romance

Wilfred of Ivanhoe (played by King Baggot), son of Sir Cedric (played by Wallace Bosco), returns to England from the Crusades in the Holy Land. As Ivanhoe, disguised, discovers that his beloved Lady Rowen…

poster Resurrection

Resurrection

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to cri…

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